Shepard won't be in the next game. I remember that Bioware said they were done with his/her story. I would like to see at least some of the old crew back but this game may take anywhere from 1 to 1000 years later so who knows right?. I'm on record saying this on N4G but I would really like the next character we play as to be more of a roguish character instead of being affiliated with the military kinda like a bounty hunter or smuggler pirate type. Han solo and Mal Reynolds from Firefly come to mind. Either way I can't wait to find out more about the game.

Good point re the 1 to 1000 years and lets hope EA remembers that Asari can live 1000 years and Krogan can also live many hundreds of years also. Hence if it is a sequel even if not related to Shepard directly they have to be careful not to write everyone out as that could bite them in the ass re the time line.

He/she did in the mode 'destruction' hence the body that breathes clip in the aftermath. Everything else was indoctrination as expect that to be the line eventually in some future download if not in the actual ME4 game release.

An inventory :) That wont happen though because the casual fans cant handle such a thing. I realize ME was not perfect and had its flaws, but the game was more RPG than the other two and just introduced this amazing universe that the other two did not do nearly as well, I dont think any new one will ever do what the first did for me last gen. I will probably buy this though because as I said the universe is awesome and if coop happens again I will probably have a blast.

More exploration is a definite. I dont have the hatred of EA that most do, but they fucking ruined this series. Yeah, make the combat fun and interesting but dont make it the absolute focus. I want to explore the galaxy, not shoot its tits off

I you should be able to choose a squad mate like Tali or another to play and that planet your on in the ending of ME3 you meet another species that is new and you build the planet like in sims but you make docking and shipping yards for ships but you must find was to get to earth and to protect the planet by pirates or something but to get to earth ith new tech and ships to go with out the mass realay or whatever and Sheapered may be alive but saved by someone or something like space boy.

I want EA to come out and admit that Synthesis and Control in ME3 were elements of Shepard's mind falling apart under indoctrination. We all know that's what it was and confirm that destruction was the result of Shep fighting his/her way past the AI and completing his/her mission to destroy the Reapers ! After all why have that N7 body take a breath. We can then sit back and enjoy the sequel. Any game that has resurrection can reinvent itself anyway it wants after all it is Sci-fi and not Sci-fact ! ME2 was brill as was ME1 but to get the most out of the trilogy you have to play it all including the free games in ME1 (Renegade or Paragon) and killing off selected crew in 2 and exploring all the story lines not just the default one's. Best Sci-fi trilogy ever.